A little trip
As the first morning light peeked through the gap in the curtains, Alice left her new husband in bed. She wrapped her silk kimono around her; a present from Jeremy, it reminded her yet again just how generous he’d been since their wedding. Even this unexpected second honeymoon had been a surprise. “Just a little trip,” he’d laughed, showing her the booking information. “Just to show how much I love you.”
Alice stepped into the sitting room of their suite and, without opening the curtains, slid back the balcony doors. She inhaled deeply; the briny air felt intoxicating. The grey Atlantic Ocean stretched ahead of her, with not even a bird in the sky. After touring the American and Canadian coastline, they’d left Nova Scotia yesterday for the four-day trip home.
This was her first time on a cruise ship and it had
